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VOL. XVI. NO. 29.
NEWTOEK, SATUBDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1855.
WHOLE NO. 809.
National ^nti-^Uwt) ^taniori).
I'L'ULISllMli Wi'll'KI.V. i
AUSTRIAN DESPOTISM IN AMERICA.
customed to speak of ourselves as the onl
ingly transpiring in oi
■ readers to a most extraordiin
the folk
Webster to the Bei
large force who had come to carry their plans into ox
tion. It was a dark and dismal day, and tho rain p
ing down in torrents. Thoroughly drenched, and slii
ing with the cold, they were invited in to warm,
weather was severe and I ordered the fires recrui
They sat some three-fourths of an hour before I
broached the object of their visit, and al, length Hie p
dent introduced the secretary, who reluctantly drew fi
a paper, and with a trembling voice read the weif:
When he had concluded, I raised two obji
I M'ld t
irst. their illegality : ami ■
I ' liosen Kentucky for my home,
■.' a copy of the ri-solul ioi.s ',.
ssuring them in very decided tonus, thai I
my right na a "free white e,ti:,,i
rerthi. uge oj' lwe,ity-,nie tjcnrs,-
dianians. In the course of the r.exl day, however.
My pursuers bad among them a man who, fr
agency, immediately alter Ibis, through his ir.tngum three
The Governor of Kentucky, on t
c indictment*, sent to the Governor
og me as a fugitive from justice. Wit
is to the merits of the ease, the Govi
: ■ n
■
itry. Wo llii-rclore beg le,,-
.ur readers to a most exlri.
detailed in the following letter addressed by Miss Delia
i a el-rgvicin and Ills wife I'n'ijn I Iberb
f the State, and
if funds, I opened
Ohio, and v
length
■ m ihal. eil.y lo defray
it was not my piirpo-.t to remain I here many week's, I
being repeat,',lly and urgenfly solicited bv cicrgvinen
other prominent men ia the city to establish a permanent
" the Lexington
I'the
fi-slavi:
the
, ms|i mi
lt of Mr. Pairbiink, in Septembei
it would seem, to some friend at i
In this letter an allusion was i
know aught of the
resulted in
,t the midnight hour, withoi
afterward I was secretly
. to the escape of Ike I lay,
lu llceetnlier following i.hi
" indictm
and the fourth'
s charged as principal
Such were the excitement
vailed in the community, that a whole day
impannelliu:
" [''ruler.'
;h letter. Yet it resulted in my immediate
close jail. Sin
Ibe escape of the Hayde
In these
i',.;:- Ibe escap'
ml l,li,t,
hthe
On the fourth day of the trial the" loiter above rolcrred
to, contrary to all law, was
Court had rcpeufodly I'.i.cd it mil lis illegal
would shed the last drop of my blood in defence of" my
' I told
perfectly
was the substance of. he 1 eply I s.
They declared they had not hen
had all been concealed from the
' was that I had treated tlieii
ntempt. Thus suyim
eir respect an""' "
wishes, they bail
morning of (ho l'lthjsame]
clubs, &C, and the whole day spent i;
), Contrary to all law.
' had repeatedly
, last, the Commonwealth openly declaring they
■'.'.■ ".,,.::" ;
immmlial.e releas,
mbiu-of llie.lury,
me loreiaan as ihey relnrned with tnc veraict. tiul
before it. was presented to the Governor he received a
strong remonstrance signed by 1 -0 of (be most respect-
Several gentlemen ilum eaine I'orwaril uml imulc strong
■ granti
Upon this, the Hon. Henry Clay,
and others of my counsel visited the l.overuoi', laid beion:
biai tin; facts, nnd asked a respite of the sentence, that I
■ I'll upon the other three indictments. Tlm
Governor was very willing' tog ran! tbe respite, but, before
ihe papers were eomnleted. mv enemies succeeded in
secretly stmiggllm
On the 14th
ad not been home an hour before a band of men, headed
vih" llii'-b S! i'i' I'l'i'l""'""! ]"•■ boa-en. ,■,',- : ■■
■' '.' ... ■
nstantec. I was in my dri.-suig-rooui atiouding Im I lie
utiesofthe toilet, and sent them word to be seated in the
iarlour anil 1 would bo down in a few moments. Dcs-
icnite, and lmwlll buy got an axe,
vitb which they were about breaking down the door,
when one ol' then sin ci'cticl in tearing oil' ibe lock, tied
he Sheriff was ascending the staircase, foil,
:..,-.■
ettii'ii ;o tbe parlour ami await my convenience. They
p'.'higi/ul and withdrew fo tlm parlour. In a few mo-
iciils 1 wetii down ami was formally introduced to the
j her iff. who huaileil urn a warrant, which read to this
It*
o late for ibe r
'.and tlm (io-.or
sessii.ii and pr,;-, d an lirgeni prayer lo his Excellency
in my behalf, signed by every member of that honourable
body. Meantime 1 addressed a brief note In the Gover-
nor asking him to examine the evidence and administer
justice, lie sent forthwith to Lexington for a copy of
the testimony, whieli he carefully examined, and imrne-
was convicted contrary to law and testimony.
At this date I had been in the Penitentiary six we, lis.
and in close conlinenmnl from ibe i Inn; of my arrest one
I was now anxious for a trial upon the other indictments: but Gov. Ousley advised me not to in-id iinon if,
; that I had already trouble (
" -etbi
nof
't (March, '451, the Com-
Ihat all the remaini
indictments against me " be struck off the dndet," whi
* ,e by ordi
this I remained at the East a period of four
s done by order of the Court.
e of which t
,■;, |
and expressed a desire that
i, had been very bitter
canowledged their error,
c with u deed of llm same, '
■■'. . , ■ ■ a. 1 ''■:■■ '■■..'■ .
ie farm, readvsloela 1. uml to assist, me in anv way tha
might need. Time after time did they manifest theii
n against the i
• for my ll
c imprisonment, and
ny brother w
,r Georgetown. Marly in 1 H4i) the
■ Kentiickv. iind locale with his
™ ly in 184" '•
andverysoon th area fter some Kentucky friends (sl<
tlm beautiful llhio (south side), iiiivcl.ly opposite anil
overlooking tin; eilyol" Madison. Mere in .
the persecution-; were renewed with tenfold vigour.
An atlti-Wi-bstor i,m-iing wus apiioino'il to be |,. Id a!
the nedl'iirii lloai'l I louse oi (iibot I .
respectable and weuUby eiii/eos , f the County, whose
tiatnes were appended to the catalogue, were nppniuicd to
wait upon me next, day to enforce tbe resolutions. This
whole conspiracy was formed without my knowledge,
■■ olonr ,■' |,:o'.',:caiioii. And on
i'i n
:, they should s,
resolutions, though
hold it, 4c.
Tliis reply 1 sen
after, another com
was appointed to v
to the resolutions.
; committee would
myd'omi
the a ■
ight i
ncluding the .fudge, himself.
A si lamed
would
7t!i of
•al of the ci
consent forthwith h
leave the Stale, turn
a dead hour of the
return, yon will be mobbc
and the threats of the i
orses slain before your eyes, your
iaaled at.the midnight hour."
uts they could can'v !■■
t and kind feeling, and tendering their
1,,1,'leo V,
laving been ill lor seve-
ucinnati for my health,
State. It shows very distinctly wl
indifferent to the s
ay yet live to feel 1
tory may yet li'
fanny about wL.„
.'bs.fer's history shows that there are many
'
luiii.i ol injustice ; and so will all individuals ever be. i
Stale, whose institutions recognise and uphold then
arbitrary despotism which is to be found on the faei
the earth. H. K. Stows
he .fudge I ;
. him plainly
ould V.
riduals, and after a
tl
m:" ■■:■
change of
attorney,i
allowed a
iiltorneys w
trial. Not
t decided already, and that I should go
wished to take wit.li me some artit'
arcl. He assured me it. was wholly
away from home, not allowing me e
ment. Nor was I permitted lo send ii
Neither
I by J
the fi
HO.OOC
y Judge placed me
.et this County J"uc,
S10,000 bonds to leave the State and
" some four months
I could then prove a negative (a difficult thinj
n there during life, as the charge,
ere sustained,
a logliut of rude construction, foul ami
negroes during the Lime of e
r the confine
:tmg a sufficient gi
The weather was
without a pipe. When persons in the vicinity n
onfidently said that 1 laid enjo;
Observing n
■ .
nding up by tl
which completely e:
iserable bed with scanty covering for the greater part
l Kentucky lady in the neighbourhood, the wife of a
y. slaveholder, hearing of the indignities uml hardships
vhich I was subjected, took up her carriage with a
rant, in the midst of a driving storm, bringing with her
ed to my suffering state. Tlm jailer, however, dog-
ly refused to open the door or allow her to have an
rview with me. He and his wife even refused to
inula
e the State."
take off tl
■ly stood b
busk-,-, and \
April,
llm ground
vith my lawyers, ani
nother Judge and d
med to my rural pursuits, am! alter
iloughiog and planting of a hundred
f potatoes, and tbe harvesting ol my
cessively hot. 1 was ovi
carried to the. house. 1 la,
in the City of
g my immediate apj
' the wile of Lew
issing ten years b
rested and imprisoned
.relieusion on account of the escape
before." You will recollect that I was
without en-
■ ■ ■
■
I lay prostrate with sickness, after somi
ch, tbe officers got track of me, took me
■lit me in an open buggy and drove me
again they were defeated, and took n
son, where they confined me in jail, t
of the Kentucky officers.
it therl
ic-1. i
f the 21st of duly, 1854, both w
■ied, I was discharged from custody by
;e Walker, of Madison, Ind.
ie slavcholding Kentuekians re
is; and under the guise of law my
ts entire contents, my farming utcr '
en off, and lam deprived of my
;i;,i mother in Vein
lo ! I have nothing with whi
liar, the pi
Spring, to prevent my se:
the place, they broke o
rata to 193 daj
,t liberty to make -
ment shall dictate.
Ucspccthilly anil truly your
lis remarkable history is auth
perfect documentary evidence, wl
ii am bereft of
by the inosf
, Webster i.
■
ccssfully exerted it
Dnofbumai
the Constit
establish it in the li
..(Load
■respondent informs us that Parkei
j delivered
Lecture in that city, la l>r. French's Church, Soutl
'ollege si,vet. tuiil forwards to us the following report o:
t, taken from the Scottish Press .-
"il:, Tuesd;:.', ".Iviet'cdonslaverj
yMr. Parker Pilisburv, of Hos'on. United States, it
loath College street Church—Mr. Stott in the chair
in 'Ja: course of his lecture, Mr. Pillsbury remarked Hit
Pillsbury, Esq., lately c
; that
iMcessity for I',, being done away with—01
,:v would soon find ways and means :
The pro-slavery of the American chare!
,r so long as divines and me
.pproved of slavery as a di-Mi,.:usatloti
great body of the people would
urged against tbe j
, pportunity of si-' '
' the neonle would" be col
soothed by,
[itioniats thai they took every oppo
s, if that
of all the e
at on the maintenance of si:
shivery, ami there was no pow
y class, was offered, i
ery, and might so become n
i, Im , .;,m
Society iikewls.
any tiling be:
- ■ I ■ ■ a;-'
1 by them.
ners i'or Foreign 1
slavery, by oulogi;
j slavery, buf
pinl t.
forbid their own mis
churches there from 1
md did not
When it was
Indians by that
• this country to consider
whether, as had been proposed, a junction should be
ted with it for s -nding a nation to the Turks. Mr.
,lso quoted from sermons of several clergymen of
Mr. Pills
I be well
address. ,
ihoulil be a
by Mr. Mushet that there
i expressing the thanks of
Board of Pc
ince to the Bible
hat the spirit of
those to be moved
'■■■■'
ag anti-slave
■very oui'
and that tbe Churches o
any connection with the
of Ibis resolution should be err
dical of g
■ the^
,. year ; ho would recommend that it should be
every family, so that its teachings on this great
might be handed down to our children; and
should be laid in the grave these might remain
:m, and bring forth fresh labourers to this holy
am from the same source that Mr. Pillsbury met
iber.s of tke. Kdiuburgli Ladies' Emancipation
.ee on the 4th October, and gave much valuable
the meeting were tendere
y social gatherings in Edinburgh, and has excited
th.—Mr. Parker Pillsbi
■ various parties in the "United
[•he Rev. Dr.
g and the Rev. Joseph Clare respec-
hanks'to Mr. Pillsbury for his instrat
ingday.Mr.
THE VOICE OF
No. 'il. "'
, much of the Governor';
tvery, contrary to the cleai
MM ,:;.; i o,-
i of the
extend slavery
1 here
and the
tree Ter.ilo:
3, and to prevent tl
making their own laws, or electing tin
,ple of said K
' ■ lei: :■; .
exeiuiie them
'he right of cilia
i|liei ce there.)!', a.
ir secretly
eute the
- .
of slaveholding States t
them through, thy fre
ivesentafives of the State of 'Vermont,
I'm Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is
lirit of the Constitution of the United
a free people; and that the same ought
. ' .:';. .'',:
-ee States, and in violation of th,
i ; anil that il merits the condemna
3 of the fundamental p
t, and that the State
le as a party to that w
Resolved, Thai
■ •
jlitim. Stales, will, to the utm
ic rights of the slavi
Resolved, '1
the United f
rights of tho Stat
she will oppose tl
listence thereof in,
nts made under colour of its author-
hat the imprisonment of t'as.smore
e authority of the District Court of
t of Pennsyl-
d they are hereby,
ions,prope .
: , ll-.-j.!' ■: 01
lived,'lha. ■...inested to cause
■ , . : " . .
mm, to be by the
...
Mill a :
thereof.
e of Representatives, Nov. 12,1855.
a and adopted.
Geo. R. Thompson, Assistnm t 'lerk.
-eiiate. .Nov. 15,1855.
d and adopted in concurrence.
C. H. Chapman, Secretary.
the rial,I of tbe -lave To hi.-: freedom when brought
a free State.
iesolved, That on the extension of slavery, by the
:;," territory by natuie or by law free from that
fess—no new sentiments of abhorrence to make
. She always has protested airainsf.it. She pro-
2. Resolved, That the people of Kansas,
:ttle there by the acts of the .National Hove
■ft wholly unprotected from lawless invad ■
tree and arms, usurped the powers which *
habitants, did right
allegiance to the limiy whieli their ievaders placed over
them; that, in considering themselves as without law,
and therefore pr,, :' ■ m selves as a poli
tical community, they exercised the rights w■;,;
given to all human beings so placed.
:;. .Resolved, Taut the people of km:-:. ' :
ui by a majority of its adult male inhabi-
lauK may righ'l'uliv rei|ues; Congress to admit Kansas
the Union, as a'free and sovereign State; and if ii
heir Constitution is of a republican
avery in that State foi
itructed and ui
o vote for it accordimriy.
4. Resolved, That the Fugitive Slave law of 1850
violation of the Constitntio:
u outrage on the rights of
1 appear that their Cmstil
such admission ought to take place, and the Senate]
' theirs
mil to the
,- pcoi-le of Vernn
:r or Eei
who does
, "i■■,'■; ■
1 Slates Court for the Eastern District of Penn-
lueiug igain 1 lavei pei on who were lawfully
free by the acts of their former owner, was a gross
mal law a slaveholder may freely take his slaves
id owner over them, any State law to the contrary not-
.rists of all States and all times; and all :
■aclice lu accordance with so monstrous a doctrine
muld meet with a determined resistance by ail ike
.habitants and authorities of the free States.
In Senate, Nov. 14,1855.
Read and adopted.
Clark H. Ci-iapma.s. Secretary.
In House of Representatives, Nov. 14,1855.
Read and adopt, :
Jbdd P. C. Cottrill, Assistant Clerk.
CALEB CUSIHNG'S PLAN FOR
THE ANTI-SLAVERY AGITATION.
Boston, Nov. 10,1855.
: ■ :■ .-: .
Into a war with England is weli knows lo all intelligent
l icti I; these parts, lieueral dishing belongs to that old
school of atatesav m me the bow
I.ave ranked high ..iih (hose Sangradoes who think tha
- "'- tomy and hot water should ever go togetln r. I b
have made a capital minister under the old Frencl
nail chance of being troubled by the liberals
larter of the world hereafter for either "sym
this country, allowanc
holding power with the another.
npathy of one slave-
i ia ilrli-nuineil opposition to African sitiver
.vowed haters of constitutionally-governed i
favour. To make an offensive i
'.lib fheenemy of revoli
)f despotism and barbarism, would beaproper foreign
power to promote thi
ere would then be i
eign and the home policy of the governi
;omplisb, though he
ionv between the.
iment. This is
hat he may yet
tter violation of
heartily sympa-
The whole scheme of g
l up a
t had bad no assistance from the English then
ly. the En«
the work of our slaveocra
done
c Adml
d has, by it
i rupture th
raid 1
should h
I lie I'M;
■igi] nations, and caused I'lngland to be hated by those
o admired her instil ut ion,., am! would gladly have loved
press lacks wisdom, but
e the conductors of those English papers which hat
ACT 117. SCENE I. OF THE GEORGIA.
DISUNION FARCE.
a New York or Boston
i'i,;, ci of law,",llll r the f'asbio
,, lhal tl
ol'Cei
'
the bill is passed, the law will i
■■ ■ " : . , ...:, ■ I,.:--.- J,
hope she will enforce it.
defy her to enforce it.
If any one of the three hundred and fifty t
merican slaveholders, who chuckle over this
.ttempt to frighten twenty millions of free
' ence in the r„„,
.ty to know what would be tbe pi
lie merchant is Indebted to jobbers
io debts aregarnished bv Geori'
whose chattels hi
Qwiilo-Wc delv li
ine of the
=e in tbe policy of Africanizing this great
lepublic, hasi
ca! operation
' dfrevuie n
ihed by G
the summons, and throws it into the
f the sheriff,
supply.
monarchy,
ard fo ils jus;
little scruple
himself
consul,ra
that he is capable of considering only bis own imi
interest in any matter ; and even that he can c
only under tke extremely narrow view lo which
ise who are acquainted with General Cm
is, from having heard him talk, are aware tl
has for some years been impressed with the belief that
, but to the temporary pac
of the quarrel that hi
lettled forever, or for any great length of time, by
tly comprehensi
and ,
argot 1
development oi
III
through tbe develo;
"e would stop the
ly quarter of the Unioi
iple of both
nafionaiiiy. lie would, by
disunion in the South (the
rhichithashailacy e.xist-
ty years) in the same way. lie is
' ere something else to think
I, : , ..:..'. ale ■", li.',.- . ■
ition. li, he thinks, there
■ '
ar, except under feelings of the most lively regret,
mortally offended the fanatical Federalists because
ipeaee wilh France as soon as opportunity was
Harbary powers that ended so brilliantly,
ist England, only from
o the declat
.""though
i the United States
;n refused to be led
war, which he could
lervingitbynegotialions. 'I
I boundary question, folk,
.■■hole ol Oregon " doctrine, s
y clai
tbe peace of 1.1,,' na! ion. or .
;ea for dome-tic i vi
the sole one that has
duty to plunge the i
:ce of statesmanship,
„ m, and from which
Marcy is the only man in the cabinet who
' :ilh< 1 1 i I
he Jatter's vi
" iu the ascendant. Whatever ha-be,
culties, has been done with deliberate
■licine to a partial development.
ignition of it by England herself—such
i if it thought it
lat credit should
the law. Foi
their Northern
cither in the 111
loney will be to pay his debts. Othor-
;et any goods. Not u garnishor will
iot he owes to the New York jobbers.
, Ami he would laugh iu the face of
hould attempt to obtain a judgment
arnishee process in favour of a claimant
He would be perfectly certain that
gia would nonsuit Gammon, as soon
State,
Would
;o pay for all the negroes
n planters lost. Thai
tve by I,
,uld be sued out of them,
•ts, or the local Courts ol
tracts cannot be impaired,
be impaired, anywhere in
.vein Georgia, is too pue-
lioned off upon tl, , life-long cotton
Iture and African bondage. He is already a slave in
irit, aud ought to be o
AIR. rUAN.NING t>.\ SLAVERY.
t)s the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, a meeting was
held in the Unitarian Church, Birkenhead, to hear an
Address from the .lie v. W. II. Ciuuining on the subject
of slavery-
'fhe Rev. II. i ■ it was the duty
.ch deliverance
of the disciples of Him who came to preach deli
strive for freedom iu
the religious feeling oi
,f the West Indian sla
,1 that leeling must be still awakened
1
in the progress
that existe,f bet.wee,
had read
that
had
-ery nearly connected wilh the United
progress of
eb of the
the Slave Power. Amy
.11. Chan
e their abhorrence 0
welfare of America, and that what-
■ predilections for monarchy, they
survey of tbe
- .■■■::, ',;,:.
deny that there were
bo such s, cla
slavery they thought
,1' ■ i' ■
requiring absolute control fo
part in raising those products
depended. . The palpable
isolved to perpet
that most excited
would i
n the South,ah
>y itself. There
- ind an increasing
however, convinced oi' its baneful effects, atid
glad il' it could be removed without injury to
s. From the frequent reserve in speaking on
this topic, strangers are often ignorant of the real feeling
'■ r it. He was once visiting a planter in Ken-
lose daughter conduct! d him round ike pluuta-
■ ■ ■
slavery, even iu ils milder forms, aroused in him. So far

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VOL. XVI. NO. 29.
NEWTOEK, SATUBDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1855.
WHOLE NO. 809.
National ^nti-^Uwt) ^taniori).
I'L'ULISllMli Wi'll'KI.V. i
AUSTRIAN DESPOTISM IN AMERICA.
customed to speak of ourselves as the onl
ingly transpiring in oi
■ readers to a most extraordiin
the folk
Webster to the Bei
large force who had come to carry their plans into ox
tion. It was a dark and dismal day, and tho rain p
ing down in torrents. Thoroughly drenched, and slii
ing with the cold, they were invited in to warm,
weather was severe and I ordered the fires recrui
They sat some three-fourths of an hour before I
broached the object of their visit, and al, length Hie p
dent introduced the secretary, who reluctantly drew fi
a paper, and with a trembling voice read the weif:
When he had concluded, I raised two obji
I M'ld t
irst. their illegality : ami ■
I ' liosen Kentucky for my home,
■.' a copy of the ri-solul ioi.s ',.
ssuring them in very decided tonus, thai I
my right na a "free white e,ti:,,i
rerthi. uge oj' lwe,ity-,nie tjcnrs,-
dianians. In the course of the r.exl day, however.
My pursuers bad among them a man who, fr
agency, immediately alter Ibis, through his ir.tngum three
The Governor of Kentucky, on t
c indictment*, sent to the Governor
og me as a fugitive from justice. Wit
is to the merits of the ease, the Govi
: ■ n
■
itry. Wo llii-rclore beg le,,-
.ur readers to a most exlri.
detailed in the following letter addressed by Miss Delia
i a el-rgvicin and Ills wife I'n'ijn I Iberb
f the State, and
if funds, I opened
Ohio, and v
length
■ m ihal. eil.y lo defray
it was not my piirpo-.t to remain I here many week's, I
being repeat,',lly and urgenfly solicited bv cicrgvinen
other prominent men ia the city to establish a permanent
" the Lexington
I'the
fi-slavi:
the
, ms|i mi
lt of Mr. Pairbiink, in Septembei
it would seem, to some friend at i
In this letter an allusion was i
know aught of the
resulted in
,t the midnight hour, withoi
afterward I was secretly
. to the escape of Ike I lay,
lu llceetnlier following i.hi
" indictm
and the fourth'
s charged as principal
Such were the excitement
vailed in the community, that a whole day
impannelliu:
" [''ruler.'
;h letter. Yet it resulted in my immediate
close jail. Sin
Ibe escape of the Hayde
In these
i',.;:- Ibe escap'
ml l,li,t,
hthe
On the fourth day of the trial the" loiter above rolcrred
to, contrary to all law, was
Court had rcpeufodly I'.i.cd it mil lis illegal
would shed the last drop of my blood in defence of" my
' I told
perfectly
was the substance of. he 1 eply I s.
They declared they had not hen
had all been concealed from the
' was that I had treated tlieii
ntempt. Thus suyim
eir respect an""' "
wishes, they bail
morning of (ho l'lthjsame]
clubs, &C, and the whole day spent i;
), Contrary to all law.
' had repeatedly
, last, the Commonwealth openly declaring they
■'.'.■ ".,,.::" ;
immmlial.e releas,
mbiu-of llie.lury,
me loreiaan as ihey relnrned with tnc veraict. tiul
before it. was presented to the Governor he received a
strong remonstrance signed by 1 -0 of (be most respect-
Several gentlemen ilum eaine I'orwaril uml imulc strong
■ granti
Upon this, the Hon. Henry Clay,
and others of my counsel visited the l.overuoi', laid beion:
biai tin; facts, nnd asked a respite of the sentence, that I
■ I'll upon the other three indictments. Tlm
Governor was very willing' tog ran! tbe respite, but, before
ihe papers were eomnleted. mv enemies succeeded in
secretly stmiggllm
On the 14th
ad not been home an hour before a band of men, headed
vih" llii'-b S! i'i' I'l'i'l""'""! ]"•■ boa-en. ,■,',- : ■■
■' '.' ... ■
nstantec. I was in my dri.-suig-rooui atiouding Im I lie
utiesofthe toilet, and sent them word to be seated in the
iarlour anil 1 would bo down in a few moments. Dcs-
icnite, and lmwlll buy got an axe,
vitb which they were about breaking down the door,
when one ol' then sin ci'cticl in tearing oil' ibe lock, tied
he Sheriff was ascending the staircase, foil,
:..,-.■
ettii'ii ;o tbe parlour ami await my convenience. They
p'.'higi/ul and withdrew fo tlm parlour. In a few mo-
iciils 1 wetii down ami was formally introduced to the
j her iff. who huaileil urn a warrant, which read to this
It*
o late for ibe r
'.and tlm (io-.or
sessii.ii and pr,;-, d an lirgeni prayer lo his Excellency
in my behalf, signed by every member of that honourable
body. Meantime 1 addressed a brief note In the Gover-
nor asking him to examine the evidence and administer
justice, lie sent forthwith to Lexington for a copy of
the testimony, whieli he carefully examined, and imrne-
was convicted contrary to law and testimony.
At this date I had been in the Penitentiary six we, lis.
and in close conlinenmnl from ibe i Inn; of my arrest one
I was now anxious for a trial upon the other indictments: but Gov. Ousley advised me not to in-id iinon if,
; that I had already trouble (
" -etbi
nof
't (March, '451, the Com-
Ihat all the remaini
indictments against me " be struck off the dndet," whi
* ,e by ordi
this I remained at the East a period of four
s done by order of the Court.
e of which t
,■;, |
and expressed a desire that
i, had been very bitter
canowledged their error,
c with u deed of llm same, '
■■'. . , ■ ■ a. 1 ''■:■■ '■■..'■ .
ie farm, readvsloela 1. uml to assist, me in anv way tha
might need. Time after time did they manifest theii
n against the i
• for my ll
c imprisonment, and
ny brother w
,r Georgetown. Marly in 1 H4i) the
■ Kentiickv. iind locale with his
™ ly in 184" '•
andverysoon th area fter some Kentucky friends (sl<
tlm beautiful llhio (south side), iiiivcl.ly opposite anil
overlooking tin; eilyol" Madison. Mere in .
the persecution-; were renewed with tenfold vigour.
An atlti-Wi-bstor i,m-iing wus apiioino'il to be |,. Id a!
the nedl'iirii lloai'l I louse oi (iibot I .
respectable and weuUby eiii/eos , f the County, whose
tiatnes were appended to the catalogue, were nppniuicd to
wait upon me next, day to enforce tbe resolutions. This
whole conspiracy was formed without my knowledge,
■■ olonr ,■' |,:o'.',:caiioii. And on
i'i n
:, they should s,
resolutions, though
hold it, 4c.
Tliis reply 1 sen
after, another com
was appointed to v
to the resolutions.
; committee would
myd'omi
the a ■
ight i
ncluding the .fudge, himself.
A si lamed
would
7t!i of
•al of the ci
consent forthwith h
leave the Stale, turn
a dead hour of the
return, yon will be mobbc
and the threats of the i
orses slain before your eyes, your
iaaled at.the midnight hour."
uts they could can'v !■■
t and kind feeling, and tendering their
1,,1,'leo V,
laving been ill lor seve-
ucinnati for my health,
State. It shows very distinctly wl
indifferent to the s
ay yet live to feel 1
tory may yet li'
fanny about wL.„
.'bs.fer's history shows that there are many
'
luiii.i ol injustice ; and so will all individuals ever be. i
Stale, whose institutions recognise and uphold then
arbitrary despotism which is to be found on the faei
the earth. H. K. Stows
he .fudge I ;
. him plainly
ould V.
riduals, and after a
tl
m:" ■■:■
change of
attorney,i
allowed a
iiltorneys w
trial. Not
t decided already, and that I should go
wished to take wit.li me some artit'
arcl. He assured me it. was wholly
away from home, not allowing me e
ment. Nor was I permitted lo send ii
Neither
I by J
the fi
HO.OOC
y Judge placed me
.et this County J"uc,
S10,000 bonds to leave the State and
" some four months
I could then prove a negative (a difficult thinj
n there during life, as the charge,
ere sustained,
a logliut of rude construction, foul ami
negroes during the Lime of e
r the confine
:tmg a sufficient gi
The weather was
without a pipe. When persons in the vicinity n
onfidently said that 1 laid enjo;
Observing n
■ .
nding up by tl
which completely e:
iserable bed with scanty covering for the greater part
l Kentucky lady in the neighbourhood, the wife of a
y. slaveholder, hearing of the indignities uml hardships
vhich I was subjected, took up her carriage with a
rant, in the midst of a driving storm, bringing with her
ed to my suffering state. Tlm jailer, however, dog-
ly refused to open the door or allow her to have an
rview with me. He and his wife even refused to
inula
e the State."
take off tl
■ly stood b
busk-,-, and \
April,
llm ground
vith my lawyers, ani
nother Judge and d
med to my rural pursuits, am! alter
iloughiog and planting of a hundred
f potatoes, and tbe harvesting ol my
cessively hot. 1 was ovi
carried to the. house. 1 la,
in the City of
g my immediate apj
' the wile of Lew
issing ten years b
rested and imprisoned
.relieusion on account of the escape
before." You will recollect that I was
without en-
■ ■ ■
■
I lay prostrate with sickness, after somi
ch, tbe officers got track of me, took me
■lit me in an open buggy and drove me
again they were defeated, and took n
son, where they confined me in jail, t
of the Kentucky officers.
it therl
ic-1. i
f the 21st of duly, 1854, both w
■ied, I was discharged from custody by
;e Walker, of Madison, Ind.
ie slavcholding Kentuekians re
is; and under the guise of law my
ts entire contents, my farming utcr '
en off, and lam deprived of my
;i;,i mother in Vein
lo ! I have nothing with whi
liar, the pi
Spring, to prevent my se:
the place, they broke o
rata to 193 daj
,t liberty to make -
ment shall dictate.
Ucspccthilly anil truly your
lis remarkable history is auth
perfect documentary evidence, wl
ii am bereft of
by the inosf
, Webster i.
■
ccssfully exerted it
Dnofbumai
the Constit
establish it in the li
..(Load
■respondent informs us that Parkei
j delivered
Lecture in that city, la l>r. French's Church, Soutl
'ollege si,vet. tuiil forwards to us the following report o:
t, taken from the Scottish Press .-
"il:, Tuesd;:.', ".Iviet'cdonslaverj
yMr. Parker Pilisburv, of Hos'on. United States, it
loath College street Church—Mr. Stott in the chair
in 'Ja: course of his lecture, Mr. Pillsbury remarked Hit
Pillsbury, Esq., lately c
; that
iMcessity for I',, being done away with—01
,:v would soon find ways and means :
The pro-slavery of the American chare!
,r so long as divines and me
.pproved of slavery as a di-Mi,.:usatloti
great body of the people would
urged against tbe j
, pportunity of si-' '
' the neonle would" be col
soothed by,
[itioniats thai they took every oppo
s, if that
of all the e
at on the maintenance of si:
shivery, ami there was no pow
y class, was offered, i
ery, and might so become n
i, Im , .;,m
Society iikewls.
any tiling be:
- ■ I ■ ■ a;-'
1 by them.
ners i'or Foreign 1
slavery, by oulogi;
j slavery, buf
pinl t.
forbid their own mis
churches there from 1
md did not
When it was
Indians by that
• this country to consider
whether, as had been proposed, a junction should be
ted with it for s -nding a nation to the Turks. Mr.
,lso quoted from sermons of several clergymen of
Mr. Pills
I be well
address. ,
ihoulil be a
by Mr. Mushet that there
i expressing the thanks of
Board of Pc
ince to the Bible
hat the spirit of
those to be moved
'■■■■'
ag anti-slave
■very oui'
and that tbe Churches o
any connection with the
of Ibis resolution should be err
dical of g
■ the^
,. year ; ho would recommend that it should be
every family, so that its teachings on this great
might be handed down to our children; and
should be laid in the grave these might remain
:m, and bring forth fresh labourers to this holy
am from the same source that Mr. Pillsbury met
iber.s of tke. Kdiuburgli Ladies' Emancipation
.ee on the 4th October, and gave much valuable
the meeting were tendere
y social gatherings in Edinburgh, and has excited
th.—Mr. Parker Pillsbi
■ various parties in the "United
[•he Rev. Dr.
g and the Rev. Joseph Clare respec-
hanks'to Mr. Pillsbury for his instrat
ingday.Mr.
THE VOICE OF
No. 'il. "'
, much of the Governor';
tvery, contrary to the cleai
MM ,:;.; i o,-
i of the
extend slavery
1 here
and the
tree Ter.ilo:
3, and to prevent tl
making their own laws, or electing tin
,ple of said K
' ■ lei: :■; .
exeiuiie them
'he right of cilia
i|liei ce there.)!', a.
ir secretly
eute the
- .
of slaveholding States t
them through, thy fre
ivesentafives of the State of 'Vermont,
I'm Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is
lirit of the Constitution of the United
a free people; and that the same ought
. ' .:';. .'',:
-ee States, and in violation of th,
i ; anil that il merits the condemna
3 of the fundamental p
t, and that the State
le as a party to that w
Resolved, Thai
■ •
jlitim. Stales, will, to the utm
ic rights of the slavi
Resolved, '1
the United f
rights of tho Stat
she will oppose tl
listence thereof in,
nts made under colour of its author-
hat the imprisonment of t'as.smore
e authority of the District Court of
t of Pennsyl-
d they are hereby,
ions,prope .
: , ll-.-j.!' ■: 01
lived,'lha. ■...inested to cause
■ , . : " . .
mm, to be by the
...
Mill a :
thereof.
e of Representatives, Nov. 12,1855.
a and adopted.
Geo. R. Thompson, Assistnm t 'lerk.
-eiiate. .Nov. 15,1855.
d and adopted in concurrence.
C. H. Chapman, Secretary.
the rial,I of tbe -lave To hi.-: freedom when brought
a free State.
iesolved, That on the extension of slavery, by the
:;," territory by natuie or by law free from that
fess—no new sentiments of abhorrence to make
. She always has protested airainsf.it. She pro-
2. Resolved, That the people of Kansas,
:ttle there by the acts of the .National Hove
■ft wholly unprotected from lawless invad ■
tree and arms, usurped the powers which *
habitants, did right
allegiance to the limiy whieli their ievaders placed over
them; that, in considering themselves as without law,
and therefore pr,, :' ■ m selves as a poli
tical community, they exercised the rights w■;,;
given to all human beings so placed.
:;. .Resolved, Taut the people of km:-:. ' :
ui by a majority of its adult male inhabi-
lauK may righ'l'uliv rei|ues; Congress to admit Kansas
the Union, as a'free and sovereign State; and if ii
heir Constitution is of a republican
avery in that State foi
itructed and ui
o vote for it accordimriy.
4. Resolved, That the Fugitive Slave law of 1850
violation of the Constitntio:
u outrage on the rights of
1 appear that their Cmstil
such admission ought to take place, and the Senate]
' theirs
mil to the
,- pcoi-le of Vernn
:r or Eei
who does
, "i■■,'■; ■
1 Slates Court for the Eastern District of Penn-
lueiug igain 1 lavei pei on who were lawfully
free by the acts of their former owner, was a gross
mal law a slaveholder may freely take his slaves
id owner over them, any State law to the contrary not-
.rists of all States and all times; and all :
■aclice lu accordance with so monstrous a doctrine
muld meet with a determined resistance by ail ike
.habitants and authorities of the free States.
In Senate, Nov. 14,1855.
Read and adopted.
Clark H. Ci-iapma.s. Secretary.
In House of Representatives, Nov. 14,1855.
Read and adopt, :
Jbdd P. C. Cottrill, Assistant Clerk.
CALEB CUSIHNG'S PLAN FOR
THE ANTI-SLAVERY AGITATION.
Boston, Nov. 10,1855.
: ■ :■ .-: .
Into a war with England is weli knows lo all intelligent
l icti I; these parts, lieueral dishing belongs to that old
school of atatesav m me the bow
I.ave ranked high ..iih (hose Sangradoes who think tha
- "'- tomy and hot water should ever go togetln r. I b
have made a capital minister under the old Frencl
nail chance of being troubled by the liberals
larter of the world hereafter for either "sym
this country, allowanc
holding power with the another.
npathy of one slave-
i ia ilrli-nuineil opposition to African sitiver
.vowed haters of constitutionally-governed i
favour. To make an offensive i
'.lib fheenemy of revoli
)f despotism and barbarism, would beaproper foreign
power to promote thi
ere would then be i
eign and the home policy of the governi
;omplisb, though he
ionv between the.
iment. This is
hat he may yet
tter violation of
heartily sympa-
The whole scheme of g
l up a
t had bad no assistance from the English then
ly. the En«
the work of our slaveocra
done
c Adml
d has, by it
i rupture th
raid 1
should h
I lie I'M;
■igi] nations, and caused I'lngland to be hated by those
o admired her instil ut ion,., am! would gladly have loved
press lacks wisdom, but
e the conductors of those English papers which hat
ACT 117. SCENE I. OF THE GEORGIA.
DISUNION FARCE.
a New York or Boston
i'i,;, ci of law,",llll r the f'asbio
,, lhal tl
ol'Cei
'
the bill is passed, the law will i
■■ ■ " : . , ...:, ■ I,.:--.- J,
hope she will enforce it.
defy her to enforce it.
If any one of the three hundred and fifty t
merican slaveholders, who chuckle over this
.ttempt to frighten twenty millions of free
' ence in the r„„,
.ty to know what would be tbe pi
lie merchant is Indebted to jobbers
io debts aregarnished bv Geori'
whose chattels hi
Qwiilo-Wc delv li
ine of the
=e in tbe policy of Africanizing this great
lepublic, hasi
ca! operation
' dfrevuie n
ihed by G
the summons, and throws it into the
f the sheriff,
supply.
monarchy,
ard fo ils jus;
little scruple
himself
consul,ra
that he is capable of considering only bis own imi
interest in any matter ; and even that he can c
only under tke extremely narrow view lo which
ise who are acquainted with General Cm
is, from having heard him talk, are aware tl
has for some years been impressed with the belief that
, but to the temporary pac
of the quarrel that hi
lettled forever, or for any great length of time, by
tly comprehensi
and ,
argot 1
development oi
III
through tbe develo;
"e would stop the
ly quarter of the Unioi
iple of both
nafionaiiiy. lie would, by
disunion in the South (the
rhichithashailacy e.xist-
ty years) in the same way. lie is
' ere something else to think
I, : , ..:..'. ale ■", li.',.- . ■
ition. li, he thinks, there
■ '
ar, except under feelings of the most lively regret,
mortally offended the fanatical Federalists because
ipeaee wilh France as soon as opportunity was
Harbary powers that ended so brilliantly,
ist England, only from
o the declat
.""though
i the United States
;n refused to be led
war, which he could
lervingitbynegotialions. 'I
I boundary question, folk,
.■■hole ol Oregon " doctrine, s
y clai
tbe peace of 1.1,,' na! ion. or .
;ea for dome-tic i vi
the sole one that has
duty to plunge the i
:ce of statesmanship,
„ m, and from which
Marcy is the only man in the cabinet who
' :ilh< 1 1 i I
he Jatter's vi
" iu the ascendant. Whatever ha-be,
culties, has been done with deliberate
■licine to a partial development.
ignition of it by England herself—such
i if it thought it
lat credit should
the law. Foi
their Northern
cither in the 111
loney will be to pay his debts. Othor-
;et any goods. Not u garnishor will
iot he owes to the New York jobbers.
, Ami he would laugh iu the face of
hould attempt to obtain a judgment
arnishee process in favour of a claimant
He would be perfectly certain that
gia would nonsuit Gammon, as soon
State,
Would
;o pay for all the negroes
n planters lost. Thai
tve by I,
,uld be sued out of them,
•ts, or the local Courts ol
tracts cannot be impaired,
be impaired, anywhere in
.vein Georgia, is too pue-
lioned off upon tl, , life-long cotton
Iture and African bondage. He is already a slave in
irit, aud ought to be o
AIR. rUAN.NING t>.\ SLAVERY.
t)s the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, a meeting was
held in the Unitarian Church, Birkenhead, to hear an
Address from the .lie v. W. II. Ciuuining on the subject
of slavery-
'fhe Rev. II. i ■ it was the duty
.ch deliverance
of the disciples of Him who came to preach deli
strive for freedom iu
the religious feeling oi
,f the West Indian sla
,1 that leeling must be still awakened
1
in the progress
that existe,f bet.wee,
had read
that
had
-ery nearly connected wilh the United
progress of
eb of the
the Slave Power. Amy
.11. Chan
e their abhorrence 0
welfare of America, and that what-
■ predilections for monarchy, they
survey of tbe
- .■■■::, ',;,:.
deny that there were
bo such s, cla
slavery they thought
,1' ■ i' ■
requiring absolute control fo
part in raising those products
depended. . The palpable
isolved to perpet
that most excited
would i
n the South,ah
>y itself. There
- ind an increasing
however, convinced oi' its baneful effects, atid
glad il' it could be removed without injury to
s. From the frequent reserve in speaking on
this topic, strangers are often ignorant of the real feeling
'■ r it. He was once visiting a planter in Ken-
lose daughter conduct! d him round ike pluuta-
■ ■ ■
slavery, even iu ils milder forms, aroused in him. So far